The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 1954
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
5:11 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 392
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 232.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.63° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.21° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.